Cleaning device



W. A. PENROD. CLEANING DEVICE. APPLICATION men JUNE 10, 1920.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Willie/ILA j eiuad PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. PENIROD, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CLEANING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed June 10, 1920. Serial No. 387,895.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM A. PENROD, citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and fitate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Devices, of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to improvements in cleaning oevices especially adapted for use when cleaning such household articles as pots, pans, crooks, and cream separators.

An important object of this invention 1s to provide a cleaning device of the class described having a cleaning element wh ch may be readily inverted when the bearing surface of the same becomes worn.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cleaning or scraping device having novel means for detachably gripping the cleaning element so that the same may be securely held in position when in use.

The invention forming the subject matter of this application also aims to provide a device of the class described which is neat in appearance, desirable in use and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved cleaning device in use,

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the same,

Fig. 3 is a group perspective of the cleaning element and the clamping sections therefor.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodimerit of the invention, the numeral 10 generally designates the device which, as illustrated in Fig. 3, comprises coacting clamping sections 12 and 14 formed preferably from flat sheet metal possessed of the necessary strength and arranged in rectangular formation. The clamping sections 12 and 14 are adapted to be arranged at opposite sides of and firmly in contact with a cleaning element 16 arranged in rectangular formation and formed from rubber or other yieldable and wear resisting material.

The means employed for detachably connecting the rectangular cleaning element 16 to the clamping sections or plates 12 and 14 comprises handles 18 and 20 which may, as illustrated in Fig. 1, be formed from lengths of round wire. The handle 18 is arranged to form outwardly diverging side portions or arms 22 having their forward portions offset as indicated at 24 and eX- tending through slots 26 in the plate 12 and through openings 28 and 30 in the cleaning element 16 and in the clamping plate 14. When the offset portions 24 of the arms 22 are extended through the slots 26 and the openings 28 and 30, the terminal portions 32 of the arms flatly engage the outer side of the clamping plate 14.

The handle 20, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is of a lesser width than the handle 18 and like the handle 18, is arranged in U-shaped formation to form a pair of spaced arms 34 which extend along the outer side of the clamping plate 14 and flatly in contact with the same so that the cleaning element 16 is securely held in position. The forward portions of the arms 34 are offset and are extended through slots 36 in the clamping plate 14 and through openings 37 and 88 in the cleaning element 16 and the clamping plate 12. IVhen the offset portions of the arms 34 are extended through the openings in the clamping plates and in the cleaning element, the terminal portions 40 of the arms 34 securely engage the outer side of the clamping plate 12 so as to press the clamping plate securely into contact with the adjacent face of the cleaning element.

The means employed for locking the arm 22 and 34 firmly in engagement with the clamping plates 12 and 14 comprises a clip or looking loop 42 slidably arranged on the handle section 18 and adaptedto fit withinnotches 43 in the same. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the rear portion of the handle 18 is formed with an enlarged head 44 which prevents the split locking loop 42 from acci- I dental removal or loss.

When it is desired to connect the cleaning element to the device, it is merely necessary to disconnect the handles 18 and 20 from the clamping sections 12 and 14 and then arrange the cleaning element between the opposed sides of the clamping sections. The forward portions of the arms 22 may now be extended through the slots 26 and the openings 28 and 30 and the forward portions of the arms 34: may be extended through the slots 36 and the openings 37 and 38. Upon engaging the forward portions of the handle sections withthe clamping sections and the cleaning element, the rear portions of the handles maybe drawn in the direction of each other so that the arms 34 of the handle section 20 will be arranged between and inwardly of the arms 22 of the handle section 18. The loop 42, which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, is now slipped over the rear portion of the handle 20 and engaged with the locking notches 4E3. lVhen the loop 4:2 has been securely engaged with the handles 18 and 20, the arms 22 and 34 are firmly tastened into engagement with the outer sides of the clamping sections 12 and 1% so that the clamping sections are securely and firmly engaged with the opposite sides of the cleaning element. The cleaning element which extends beyond the sides and ends of the clamping sections 12 and 14 may now be employed for cleaning pots, crockery, the

receptacles of cream separators, and, in fact, for any other use to, which the device may be found adapted.

hen the bearing surface of a cleaning element becomes worn, the same may be reversed or inverted since the openings 28 and 37 are duplicated in the opposite end portion of the same. This greatly lengthens the period of usefulness of the device and also allows the cleaning element to be entirely replaced when worn out.

The inventive idea involved in this application may, if desired, be carried out in win dow cleaning devices by merely enlarging the device to the necessary degree.

Vith reference to the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that a cleaning device of the character set forth may be readily and convenientlytaken apart when it is desired to invert or entirely renew the cleaning element of the same.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that such minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts may be made as will remain within the spirit of the invention and the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described including coacting clamping sections having alined openings, a cleaning element arranged between the clamping sections, coacting handles having attaching portions extending through said alined openings and said cleanin element for detachably connecting said clamping sections to said cleaning element, the'rear portion of one of said handles being located between the sides of the other handle, and a locking device surrounding said handles for detachably connecting the same and for securing said clamping sections in engagement with said cleaning element.

2. A device of the class described compris ing a pair of clamping sections, a cleaning element arranged between said clamping sections, a pair of coacting handles having their forward portions oil-set and extending threugh said clamping sections and said cleaning element, and a locking loop slidably arranged on said handles and adapted for detachably connecting the rear portions of the same.

3. A device of the class described comprising a cleaning element, a pair of handles provided with arms having their forward portions ofi set and extending through said cleaning element, and a locking loop slidably arranged on said handles and adapted for detachably connecting the same, the rear portion of one of said handles being enlarged for forming a stop element.

a. A device of the class described comprising a cleaning element, a handle having offset portions detachably extending through said cleaning element, the terminal portions of said handles being arranged on opposite sides of said cleaning element and securely engaged with the same and a locking loop slidable on said handles and adapted for detachably connecting the same, the intermediate portion of one of said handles being provided with looking notches adapted to be engaged by said locking loop, the rear portion of one of said handles being enlarged for forming a stop element.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature. 

